Civilian Air Support for the Fleets

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Civilian Air Support for the Fleets

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Make your posts about civilian manned maritime support aircraft on this thread.
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Thanks for providing this thread Jim.


FOST (Flag Officer Sea Training) at Devonport, England


The following from Wiki:-

An additional flying unit of the Royal Navy is the FOST Helicopter Support Unit based at HMS Raleigh in Cornwall. This unit is not part of the Fleet Air Arm, but is directly under the control of Flag Officer Sea Training, operated by a civilian contractor.

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8.206.19
Morgan Sindall Construction appointed to deliver new helicopter support facility in Plymouth
NEWS


Morgan Sindall Construction has been appointed to a £3 million contract to construct a new helicopter operating facility for the Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO).

Operating from its base at Newquay Airport, the Fleet Helicopter Support Unit (FHSU) Facility will use the new Helicopter Landing Site at HMNB Devonport, the largest naval base in Western Europe, as a vital link to facilitate staff transfers to units at sea undergoing training in the local exercise areas.

Devonport has been supporting the Royal Navy since 1691. The vast site covers more than 650 acres and has 15 dry docks, four miles of waterfront, 25 tidal berths and five basins. The base employs 2,500 Service personnel and civilians and supports around 400 local firms.

The base is home to Britain’s amphibious ships, survey vessels and half her frigates, plus the home of Flag Officer Sea Training (South) (FOST(S)), responsible for delivery of sea training to all RN ‘frigate size’ vessels and above including the new Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers, Royal Fleet Auxiliary support vessels and to numerous international partners. HMNB Devonport is also home to the Royal Navy's Amphibious Centre of Excellence at RM Tamar.

Morgan Sindall Construction is delighted to be working in partnership with the DIO at HMNB Devonport and their team will draw on their knowledge and experience of operating in a live environment on a busy naval base, while constructing the new helicopter operating facility.

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David Moore, DIO Project Manager, said: “This is an incredibly important project for the future of the Naval Base. The new facility will be a hub for essential sea training exercises as well as the focal point for the day to day operation of the base.

Full article can be read here

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... and an advert (expired) for pilots with British International Helicopters:-


2 months ago
FOST Helicopter Support Pilot - BIH

British International Helicopters has an exciting opportunity for a Pilot to join our small team of professionals at our Newquay Base, flying the AS365N2. Our Pilots form an integral and important part of our helicopter support with this role supporting one of our key clients.

This is a fixed term employment position between 1st Oct 2019 and March 2021.

The successful candidate will be an experienced pilot with a military maritime background operating on our naval support contract, reporting to the Managing Pilot. Roles within the operation involve passenger transfer to ships within the English Channel but can be located elsewhere. Flights are also undertaken on other roles including training support. Deck operations to ships are a core requirement in this challenging environment.

Some specific tasks required of our pilots include:

· Maintenance of training currencies and qualifications

· Carrying out flights safely in accordance with the Company Operations Manual

· Ensuring complaince with the Fatigue Risk Management System.

· Liaising with the crew throughout flight to ensure the service provided meets the demanding standards required

· Ensuring passsengers are adequately briefed before flight

· Maintaining the highest safety standards

· Providing guidance to crews when conducting under-slung load and Hoist operations

Skills and Experience:

Essential

· EASA CPL(H) and Instrument Rating (H)

· Previous experience as a pilot operating to military decks.

· Have passed an initial medical or assessment and is found fit to discharge the duties outlined above.



Desirable

· Experience in similar role.

The successful candidate will be required to adhere to company policies and procedures as detailed in the company Operations Manual.

They will undertake training courses and testing as required by the company at whichever location is necessary. This will also include training and testing to maintain compliance with the Military Aviation Authority Regulatory Publications.

The working pattern is based around the flying programme which is predominantly weekdays and consists of a shift pattern.

If you have the relevant skills and experience, we look forward to receiving your application

Source of the advert (expired); Aviation Job Search
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FOST (Flag Officer Sea Training) - 'COD' - Helicopter(s)


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Pictured is a Dauphin helicopter conducting a passenger transfer of Flag Officer Sea Training Staff (FOST) onto the flight deck of HMS Monmouth.

FOST operates a pair of Eurocopter Dauphin helicopters from Plymouth City Airport to allow its instructors to join vessels with minimal delay during intense training periods.
Date 21 January 2011
Source; Wiki Commons

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NORTH MINCH (Oct. 9, 2011) Sailors unload supplies from a Royal Navy AS.365N2 Dauphin helicopter on the flight deck of the guided-missile destroyer USS Arleigh Burke (DDG 51). Arleigh Burke is participating in Exercise Joint Warrior 2011-2. Joint Warrior serves as a certifying event for ships deploying with coalition forces in future operations. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Scott Pittman/Released)
Date 9 October 2011
Source; Wiki Commons
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UK Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS)

The UK Military Flying Training System (UKMFTS) takes UK armed forces aircrew from initial training through elementary, basic, and advanced flying training phases, preparing them for their arrival at their designated operational aircraft units. It is operated by Ascent Flight Training, a consortium of Lockheed Martin and Babcock International under a 25-year Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contract for the UK's Ministry of Defence (MoD). Apart from the overall contract, the main elements of the system include fixed-wing elementary, multi-engine and fast-jet pilot training, rear crew training and rotary-wing (helicopter) training.

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Rear crew training
Royal Navy

This covers Royal Navy observer training for aircrew destined for Wildcat and Merlin helicopter squadrons. Stage 1 training for Royal Navy rear aircrew was established, in late 2011, at RAF Barkston Heath using the MoD's existing Grob 115Es, and at RNAS Culdrose, using four Ascent-owned King Air 350ERs.[20][22][23]

Source of the above Wiki

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RNAS Culdrose

We conduct Rear Crew (RC) and SOLIC Training at RNAS Culdrose using the Textron King Air 350 ER Avenger Aircraft. Rear Crew training became an operational element of the UKMFTS programme in 2011. The Avenger aircraft is supported by Cobham in its role as Aircraft Service Provider. At present we have approximately 16 staff at RNAS Culdrose.

Source; Ascent Flight training - take a browse around the site, it is quite interesting.
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NavyLookout
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3h3 hours ago

Rare bird sighting - RN AS365 Dauphin helicopter used for personnel transfers on the deck of @hms_albion during Exercise #JointWarrior #Jw192
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They are not so rare on this thread ;) ... we now have a record of two of the type. Previous one was ZJ165 photographed unloading on USS Arleigh Burke - this time Registration looks like ZJ164(?)
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More FOST assist

NavyLookout Retweeted
Thomas Newdick
@CombatAir
6h6 hours ago
Replying to @jamie_aviacom @Cobham_plc @RoyalNavy

Always fascinating working with @Cobham_plc and their ‘little friends’ from 736 NAS at @RNASCuldrose - here playing Chinese-made anti-ship missiles from a [redacted] air arm for the benefit of the fleet during a ‘Thursday War’.

Kevin Monk
‏ @kevmonk3
4h4 hours ago
Replying to @CombatAir @NavyLookout and

Weekly War (usually held on a Thursday). 😇

David Wallace
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3h3 hours ago

Replying to @CombatAir @jamie_aviacom and

Also showcases the versatility of the Hawk!

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Jamie Hunter
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6h6 hours ago

Superb day flying with @Cobham_plc Operational Readiness Training team out of Hurn shooting photos and video as they supported the @RoyalNavy #aviation #aviationdaily
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Cobham detail their contribution to Exercise Joint Warrior
By George Allison - May 2, 2019
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A Cobham owned aircraft.

Six Cobham Aviation Services UK aircraft supported by a team of around 30 crew, engineers and operational staff recently took part in Exercise Joint Warrior.

The exercise is NATO’s two-week, multinational training exercise led by Joint Tactical Exercise Planning Staff from the United Kingdom.
Based in North West Scotland, the exercise which ran from the 30th of March to the 11th of April involved 35 warships, five submarines and 59 aircraft and helicopters from 13 countries; with Cobham Aviation Services being the only non-military unit to take a key role in the delivery of the exercise.

The company say that five Falcon Jets and one DA42 were deployed to Prestwick to deliver a range of operational readiness training activities including electronic warfare (EW), threat simulation, target towing and UAV simulation.

“Working in conjunction with 736 Naval Air Squadron, four Falcons flew alongside Hawk aircraft disguised as missiles during a succession of EW and threat simulation tasks to test the tactics, techniques and procedures of various British and foreign military ships. A series of live firing tests were also supported by another Falcon fitted with target towing capability.

Whilst the Falcons remained in Scotland for the duration, our DA42 aircraft, tasked with simulating UAV activity (flying low and slow with full motion video capability) made its way down to Cornwall during an amphibious warfare exercise.”

The Ministry of Defence say that Exercise Joint Warrior is intended to provide forces with a variety of joint training scenarios that explore real world challenges.

Source; ukdj - UK Defence Journal
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Deffo ZJ164 this time


The RN AS364 Dauphin helicopter ZS164 crew working hard, see:-

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RNAS Culdrose
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Some great pictures from Culdrose’s dummy deck as training gets into full swing. Our trainees from the Royal Naval School of Flight Deck Operations have been out in all weather– you just can’t beat having to do it for real @RoyalNavy #teamculdrose #flightdeckschool
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2nd Training Nigerian Naval Personnel (Note the rig for deck landing in the video)
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As the experts in Flight Deck Operations, we don’t just keep our skills to ourselves – other Navies come to visit our #FlightDeckSchool too

Here's a team from the @NigerianNavy learning how to manage safe aviation on our replica flight deck today #FlyNavy @RoyalNavy @DefenceHQ
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